Every Acconci in the Video Data Bank is a collaborative project to remake every Vito Acconci video in the collection of the Video Data Bank, working with mostly Chicago-based female artists. The videos are shot in full HD at 30 frames per second using a Canon EOS 7D and are compressed to upload to Vimeo. The main repository for the project is this blog.

Who we are:

Alicia Chester is a Chicago-based artist and writer. She completed a BFA (2003) and an MA in Visual and Critical Studies (2010) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been adjunct faculty in photography at Oakton Community College since 2009 and is currently the Collections Research Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. She is co-curating Peripheral Views: States of America at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, open July 13-September 30, 2012. Alicia is a co-editor and contributing author to a visual studies anthology led by James Elkins, to be published by Routledge in late 2012.

Andrea Slavik is a Toronto-based artist and filmmaker. She completed an MA in Visual and Critical Studies (2011) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.